Frank andeeson



FRANK ANDERSON.

Improvement in Perforating Machines.,

N0. 122,098. Patented Dec.26, 1871.

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UNITED STATES i mobs FRANK Annnn's'omor PEEKSKIjLL, new roux.

j lM PR OVEMENT tN- PER FORATlNG-M A'ciumss'.

- eciiication forming part of Patent No. 1229 ted Dawn-whet 26 187i;

, "I,- FRANK Annnnson, of Beekskill, in the countyof Westchester and State of New'York, have p invented certain Improvements in Perforating- Machines, of which the followingisa specification The object of this invention is to produce a ma chine that will easily and accurately perforate the characters of the Morse alphabet in .the strips of paper that are used in automatic telegraphy. The object is not to produce a rapid, but a simple, reliable and'cheap machine. v

. Figure 1 is a plan of the parts essentialtobe shown. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same with the additional parts. vation of the right of Figs. 1 and 2. .view of the end or face of .the'seg'ment are the punches carried in the block A, the latter being free to moveabout the pivot a. O is the die in which the punches? work, and is rigidly secured to A with aspace, 0, between, sufiiciently wide'tolet the paper freely pass through. The course of the paper is shown at j, Fig. 2. D is an arm fitted to the upright post E, and capable of being moved around it as a center. The end at is formed into a segment of acircle, upon the face of which are numerous projections i t i, &c., shown more clearly at Fig. 4.. This segment is just as wide on the face as the space'occupied by the punches, of which there may be any number, and the. projections are so placed that certain combinations of them may he brought opposite the pnhches, so that when the block Ais forced against the segment certain of theunches will have to enter the die 0. f is a stationary upright piece that engages in a small recess near one end of the punches, and prevents their return with the block A, thereby withdrawing them iirom the die and liberating the paper.

Theotherendof the arm D is slotted so the le verL may passthrough it. This lever is pivoted at l, and can be moved vertically without afiect ing the arm D; b t, when moved laterally, carrice the arm D, and consequently the segment (1 with it. I is an index marked with the letters of the alphabet or other characters, and is placgd directly over the outer end of the lever L. On the latter is a pointer, s. The projections on the segment d are so placed with reference to this index tltat when the pointer s is opposite any letter the corresponding part of the segment-is opposite theseries of punches. If, then, the blonk A be forced against the segment, the character Fig. 3 is an end ele- Fig. 4 is a 1 corresponding to the letter indicatedwflLbe unched in'the paper. To eflect the movement of the block- Aat this time the post E isbored out and fitted with a stem,m mg-t-hatwilladmit ofa'free vertical movement. of the stem is a slot, m, through which the end nof the lever L passes This slot. is so made. that the angle of the lever. L may be varied with- .out affecting the movement of the stem. At the lower end of the stem, .at-m, there is another recess through wh'chpasses one end of the bellcrank lever p, which is pivoted at to. F is a bar attached to the block A, g is a notch in this bar, in which the end 39 of the lever 12 p engages, and whenthe lever L is depressed the stem m is raised, carrying with it the lever-p p which in turn can rise the bar F till it has gone far enough to punch -.'tlie paper, when it'isj tripped by the stationary piece G, and the'block or carrierA instantly returns by the pressure of the spring S. This is all done whilethehandle His going down. During the time of this descent the pawl t of the feed' ing apparatus, operated (through connections 1 2 3) by the stem m m, is. moving down also to take an advanced hold. on the ratchet-wheel r,

carrying with. it the feed-r0113, and moving the paper forward for-the'next letter. The plate K is slotted, as shown at-a'a ya, &c., Fig. 3, for the purpose of guiding the descent of the'lever L, a slot being placed under each letter on the index and insuring the right position of the segment d while the character is being formed. The upper ends of the tongues between the slots are pointed, as shown in Fig. 3, for the purpose of. more readily guiding the lever 4 into the slot. The characters perforated being of difi'erent lengths, re-

quiresthe paper to be moved difl'erent distances. each time. To eii'ect this the slots in K are made of varying depths, and as the throw of the paper is regulated by the movement of the lever L, the deeper the slots the further will the paper be thrown. The handle H is made spherical to at low of its adjusting itself in the'fingers in its different positions. To operate the machine the paper is passed through the narrow slot 0 and up over and between the rollers 1t and 0. The handleH is then moved till it indicates the desired letter, and then depressed, observing alwaystomove it clear down and clear back.

In the upper which, as the handleis brought up, is revolved,

Ielaini as my marl 5011+ r 1. The segment d, or its equivalent, carrying projections or cavities on its sides or face, in comforthe purpose hereinbefore set forth.

3. The lever L, in connection with the arm and segment D d, so constructed as to admit of both a lateral and vertical movement, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

4. The manner of operating the punches and feed, namely, through the center of oscillation of the arm D, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

5. The slotted segmental plate K, or its. equivalent, in combination with the lever Land segrnent d D, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore specified.

6. The stationary piece f for withdrawing the punches from the die, acting substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

FRANK ANDERSON.

Witnesses THOMASA WHITNEY, 

